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Tsotsi

Release Date:February 10, 2006

Running Time:94 min

Genres:Drama, Crime

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Cast

Presley Chweneyagae Jerry Mofokeng Terry Pheto Zenzo Ngqobe Zola Rapulana Seiphemo Nambitha Mpumlwana Percy Matsemela Thembi Nyandeni Owen Sejake Israel Makoe Sindi Khambule

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Synopsis

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

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